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Category: Health News
Created: 3/11/2010 4:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/12/2010

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Category: Health News
Created: 3/11/2010 10:14:00 AM
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Created: 3/10/2010 6:10:00 PM
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Applications are open for the British Psychological Society's Public Engagement Grants 2010. The Society has £14k to award to its members working on projects that help people or contribute to everyday life, and raise awareness of psychology and psychology research. This is the seventh year of the scheme. Past successful awards include £5k in 2008 to Dr Sarah Davidson who works with the British Red Cross to promote the CALMER psycho-social framework...

A cross-party group of MPs published a report on social care today which criticised the 'party political squabbling and point-scoring' and called for a fundamental reform of the social care system in England to be an immediate priority for the Government. The MS Society was one of only a handful of organisations who gave evidence to the cross-party group in November and today joined a large number disability and carers organisations in welcoming this latest report...

An army of 19 new and newly secured care advisors will be joining the fight against muscle disease across the UK with the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. Thanks to the hard work of campaigning patients in 10 UK regions and the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, babies, children and adults living with muscle disease will now have access to 19 regional care advisors, who provide vital care co-ordination, advice and guidance on services, equipment and funding. They are also an important point of contact for families to answer their questions about these rare and devastating conditions...